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2 1; : • of her having :H cofiCe.hbas. , , be she 1:a,l rive hers,if ;.; Mrs- ilrwler. • ! •iii in that name, were ...ry of her ti-rdesteLh's bids wade out as for Mrs. bowler, or 1 - t.id sr)rt of business heft) transaatd by her as Mra...l+• , ,,;er Andber attempt had been made'to !ier evidence, on the ground of her having passed born 'widow on some occasions. A' Mr. Few bad been called to establish this ci'icamstance. Pew was evi dently no friend to her, but after alibis evidence 4(-a, not very satisfa6tory. `The conteldittions with which she had been ellar;ed in her statements, re speetiqc Favery zmd . Mr. Ellis, lie erit Oiink militated very strongly against_ liar testimony, as he had' 40Irie reasons they Were the result of a ruktike. Nyiih respe& to what the Hon. Gentle man hati said, ofahe improbability of the Duke ever telling Mrs. Clarke, that if she Was a clever woman she need never ,want for money, it might indtiv the House to consider. the charge as improbable, but could not preve thdt it was without foundation.— The Noble Lord Then entered' intO the case of Miss I,7ayler with great energy ; she was wit to be be lieved because she had been proved of illegitimate birth ;. she was not to he believed .latcaue she re membered the conversation between the Duke And Mrs. Clarke on Colonel French's levy, and could not remember ,what passed at a given time sub'se ,quent to that period ; lie. then proceeded to thew the probability of her remembering that conversa . jibe, But the truth of Miss Taylor's testimony was to be niuch doubled, because she had been so-cir ciamittanced through misfortune; as to have received favours of Mrs. Clarke ; she,was not to be credited, not from any thing that could be alleged ageinst her - charatiter, hut because she visited and had beet? in some measure connected with Mrs. Clarke. After feelingly lamenting the, distresses of Miss Taylor, observeA, he °old say no more . on the evidence she had given, as his Hon. Friend had commented 6n it much better than he could do. But he could not help saying a greater degree of indulgence should be shewn to a witness who appeared at their Bar, as, he conceived the situation to - be most embarras sing. Much had been said in praise of the consis tency of Col. Gordon'alestimony, though it was an unpleasant task to Withdraw horn any man that praise which had beennwarded by others, yet he leit that his duty. called imperiously upon him to do ato. He first appeared at the Bar •to give evidence on the exchange of Brooke and Knight ; on that occasion tie thiught he . had notlwen so explicit as he might have b-en, as he did not explain to the Committee that it had been in etfeet refused, as in his (Lord Folkstone's) opinion it had ; for in answer to Knight's application for permission to exchange with Brook,', lie was told, that his wish should be complied with, when a proper officer was found ',now this answer, in his opinion, could only be corp. sidered as a refusal. It) the case of Capt. 'Waling, c o l, Gord o n In t d:illswered as it thefe hi.l been bat one of that name, .and it appeared more reasonable to think that Colonel Gordon world have conceived tthe Other Captain Malieg was meant, than the one it •appeared he believed Was the obieCt of their in quiries. He bad asserted that Captaitt.' eommissions / l ever were disposed of but to those,,who had seen sei•v'ce ; but afterwards he admitted, that he believ ed Czipt. Pilaling had no t.x.:el) any. He bad stated, that •a persoual andication,:o .is goo) Hi g g ins:is would • expedite lie promotion; but afterwards i(tated, ilea he did litM mean to say the Duke might not forward-it at all in the course of the nego-, ciation in consequence of such application ; but that - 'after the , promotioni was accOmphshed his Mural Highoess letd . pot power to prevent three days lu te' voiing prior to 1k being Gazetted. He was sorry to hurt the feelings of an Hon. and Learned Mem ,ber (Mr. Adam),'but he must say there .appeared 'some contradittion in his evidence. He had stated, that he knew . of Ito money atTairs •relating to his Royal Highness, bet those relating to the fund ap propriated. to the payment of his debts ; yet it pp peared, he was not ignorant of the loan of 70,0001. VtitliCll' KeIIIWU was to have furnished; that Mr. . ),,ow:eo and Mr. Wilkinson were called to speak to some parts of his testimony, but their evidence ,had not corroborated it in the manner expected. .He had stated that the Duke rarely, said any thing oil the stihjet`A ot litary promotions in his correspondence vitli "Mrs. Clarke ; lie afterwards stated, that where Le said veiy rarely, he ought to have said never ; and t w o ',Ages atter that, in the minutes,, a further ex _plaiation appear . eil. Mra. Clarke's evidence had been art aigued with respect to the sums she had re , . ceived from the Duke. She had ' been arcused of fotgetfulness, but he thought that the accounts she bad given with respect to money, as they had been gained ft orn,her at differetit times, came watch nearer the auoentic accounts than 'night have been ex- Petted. A person situated with - respea 20 money :lifers, as' she had been in the habit of receiving and of squanderieg immense sums, Might be supposed to fi-ri;et ; but ber.elidenee an this !wad was such, that he thought no one could, with a - shadew of jos-. lice, prefer such a charge against her. He then en tered ittito the ease of Tonyn, train which he thought the culpability of the Commander in:Chief more ap parent. The Noble Lord then proceeded to snare, that 1116 Han. Friend had, ehpressed great gratitude tor the treatment he had met with while bringing this atfair forwaid. ' L For his part, he could not,think lie had been treated as he deserted. fie then euttmerated the ditlicukties his HenoUrable Friend bad to eecounter, notwithstanding which he had 'manfully persevered in the discharge of his duty, • even though obliged to proceed under a threat.: The 'Right Floe. Gentleman opposite bad :net 'remitted that threat. ' Here the SPEAKV% observed, such personal allu ' *ions were not CUIISIdtQIit with the usages of the Lorcl FOLKSTONB briefly repliee, and proceeded to rein :14 that on evcry oce,isitin the q%pression Elia; fw:nny tuna ottach snin,..where; had been reiterated, atict that now !tie wort, proved, he would tell the Right Honourable Gentleman, that unlciis iii h e &hate tie took An opportunity of wooing:for . thar exiaession, that infamy might be itispoled to 11 . 1 , 1.1. considered that exPres sitin at, having, been thrown out to discourage his Friend from prri-eeditig i the witnesses that at tip; Bar had been intimidated by various and. impressive manner, after which the Span'arili sallied forth upon the Enemy, even within his lines, and killed a' great number ; but at length were obliged to retire from a vast superiority of forces who pursued. them to the town,where a mine was sprung, by which 12,000 French, and many Spaniards, were destroyed. The French then retired, and resumed the blockade, but the wretched state of destitution to which ,the Spaniards were reduced, compelled them at last to surrender. It is acknowledged by the French, that several of their Generals were de stroyed. The French CommatOer rejealed the Ca pitulation proposed by the Spaniards, but on of tain ing possession of the plaCe,..lead clemency enough to pardon them . for having presumed to defend their COUniry. As some consolation for the loss of this place, if it be really gone, and if , the report is not a fabrica tion intended to Intimidate Austria, the private intel ligence from - other parts of Spain states, that. General ST. CYR has been defeated in Catalonia, and that the -fortress of Barcelona has actually beeu tact) by the Spaniards. According to tbe. Paris Papers, the French entered 'Oporto on the . lBth and loth ult. and experienced a favourable reception. We place no reliance on this intelligence, as private accounts ,to the 17' th, brought by the Odlsingliam Packet, express no fear that the enemy was advancing, and state, 'indeed, that the French bad fallen back upon Gallica, having pro ceeded no farther than Tuy. The Lively Frigate is stationed off Oporto, with two Brigs under her or. ders, to convoy the Fleet,' and to send home accounts of any Movements the enemy may make in that quarter; but _she . has made no communication of that nature. Be et:I%I. I )I4TE bad not left Paris on the 25th ult. The rest of the French Papers contain nothing worth noticing. The Vienna Court Gazette of ,Feb. 11th, an-' flounces the fad of the Peace concluded between Great Britain and the Ottoman Porte on the sth, and that in consequence all ,the Turkish Ports had been thrown open to British Vessels. The tidings had been sent to all trading towns in'"Europe, Africa, and. Asia, and trade had already become brisk at SMyrna and other places. The Jannissaries are said to have compelled this peace with Great Britain. The French say that letters from Bayonne state the dispersion of the Spanish army before'Qa talonia ; but every thing through such a channel must be received with distrust, particularly its the accounts. from Spain are direaly tin—reverse. . We are sorry that we have nothing, from au thority, to say on the important subject relative to Austria a s hd.France, but the general expeaation on the Continent, ,acid the insidious articles in the French Papers, calculated to intimidate the former power, and depreciate her resources, strongly tend to excite a belia that we shall soap hear of an open rupture. It is said that the Portuguese Expedition bad suc ceeded in an (tnterprise against Cayenne, and were in full possession of that, colony. Yesturday a Court of Direttors was beld'at the East India klou4t-, when. CRARLES WATKINB,•Esq. was appointed Fourth of Council at Bombay. The Court adjourned at six o'clock tilt Tuesday next. Mr. Yourcz, last night, in: the Hotts,of Com:- Mons, adverted to a part . of the - history Mrs.' CL.ARKE which has not been' stifliciently attended. to. The lion: Member observed, that she had lived with Mr, aciLvii4,, an Army Agent, before her acquaint ance with the CoMmander in'Chief, and had been examined as a wone,s in the business of OGILVIeS bankruptcy. Bence Mr. YORKE inferred, that, it was by no means surprising that, coining from such' a connection, she should have learned all the mysterie; . 9f .iirmy ilgency and Ar my-btokering, and could easily have, put her knoWledge into effect with great ad vantage to herself, and without any cognizance or suspicion on the pait 'of the Duke, considering her cunning and address. DAtiiy-LANE THEATRE.--.1 . t- i ts with much surprise, as welt as regret, we learn that nothing has been settled yet respeainga resumption, ofperform ances by the Drury-lane 'Company.---This torpidity seems to admit of no. possible excuse, as the Per formers must be ready to, exert themselves for the general benefit, anal as many of the interior orders are in the utmost'distress. It is impossible to doubt that the Loan CHAMBERLAIN would grant them a licence, after so heavy a calamity, -and considering the state of anxiety and wretchedness which so many of them endure, Nor can it be doubted that those of the higher classes , who are happily Pl ace d above such privations', must for their own sake, as well as to mitigate the . 'Sufferings of the whir - sit:eel very unhappy in seeing distress, which ffi 4.- have no opportunity of relieving. There must be ifault somewhere, and the public must feel strongly on foe occasion, and wish to know on what quarter their eensnre should fail for a negligence so revolting to justice and humanity. Music.—The fifth performance of the Vocal Concert took place last night at the Hanover• Square Rooms, and went off with great eclat, though the absence of Mrs. IlitaarurroN, on account of illness, was much regretted. :The beautiful 'Ballad of The Fulls of the Clyde, was repeated with great effea.• Mrs. JORDAN ha's married two of her three daugh ters, to men of high worth and respeaability. The third lives entirely with her eldest sister. They are all three highly respe&ed in private life, and Much admired, as being well-informed, and truly satiable kind detierving young women. LONDON ' . Pfinted by RicsAao Ha Of No. 4, Mardett-court. now•bticat; and published by WILLIAM AIW S. A' Scutt:, South Mottos. . At the SUN.OFFIcg, No. S trand; where oidyet6rtmentr, Orden ror rbe prior', I inert for the gdilor, (oos!-ftaid)if • means, - as imich, as if they had been pot to the Bar 61 the Old 11:tiley to be . tried for their ;nes. Ano ther Bight lion. Gentleman lord tallied of a,,conspi racy avinst the House of Brunswick. :Was his Hon. hrienJ intillicated In such conspiracy ? condua of the taper . Gentleman hail, however, been more Mardy than; that of the former. Another ff.- lieurabt: Member had said, that it his i fion. Friend .hard taken his- adt ire;he would nut have bOn situ ated as he w.ts, throwing the gauntlet at his Hon. Fciends He put it to the Country if he was not enti tled to their warmest gratitude. With resped to what had been said of the untair statements made in the Journaii, he would answer, that there were in gentous.inen not of that Irione who would not judge of the merits at the case by the incorrect statements of Newspapers, they would read the minutes of the HoUse, and judge impartially of the whole. ~The Noble Lord concluded. by calling on the' House to vote with him lot the original Address. Mr. Yoatcs. rose to explain, that he never had intended to insinuate the Hon. Gentleman who had brought forward the charges, was in -any degree imr plicated in a conspiracy. • Air. ADAM could not suffer the House to separate with an idea that the evidence he had given was con trzdidory. He lamented that the Noble Lord had not read the Whole of his evidence; he should have it takeh from beginning to end, waif it could be proved that his testimony was not such as it was his duty to deliver, consistent in itself, and Consistent with the charaler which he had ever. sustained, he would expiate his'guilt by submitting to any punish- Meld that could be Milicted on him. He then ex plained those passages to which Lord Folkstone had alluded, by reading his evidence as it appeared in the MUiutes of the House, to which'he particularly called their attention. Having justified himself, the Honourable Gentleman, proceeded to speak of the case under discussion. The Learned Gentleman then proceeded to lay down the law with respect to ver bal evidence, as explained by Blackstone and Foster, and applied it to the evidence of Miss Taylor. Above all it was matethl to show that Miss Taylor had eon versations with Mrs. Clarke subsequent to the com mencement of the present inquiry. Indeed a due consideration of that evidence, , in many parts of it, pretty plainly indicated the influence of these con versations; for Miss Taylor adhered more to- some particular words than she did to'the circumstances with which they were coaneeted ; yet it would ap pear as natural to recolle& the circumsta;ices as well 'I as the words. It was father strange to observe what stress some Gentlemen seemed disposed to lay on the evidence of MissTayler, and how little they ap peared to be. affeCted by that of 'Colonel Gordon.— Her's indeed was a tale of woe, and he sincerely lamented the necessity that -was felt .of submit.; ting her testimony to so ligid an examination ; but w here truth was to be elicited fur the sake of justice, it was incumbent to do so, though in the coarse of the examination'the charader and the tugs of the witeesses should be deeply atleeted it. Besides, many of the other witnesses had con tradiCted the :evidence of Miss Taylor, as far as it asset ted that she hadbeen frequently in the company of his Royal Highness the Duke of York. The Butler, and almost all the servants, had affirmed that they had never seen Miss Taylor in the company of his Royal Hightieis, a circumstance which, it it bad occurred, they •could not well havi l omitted observ ing, as wally of them had been constantly in attend ame..ou his Ruytd tirgtioss4; ',rile of her I,4rts of her evidence bore nearly the same charaEter, and had no : thing in it in any respect to corroborate the testimony of Mrs. Clarke. He could riot therefore approve of the Address moved by the Right Hon. and Learned Gentleman' (Mr. Bathurst), which on no better l ground than thatof three or four charges thus fee bly 'supported, wfmt to deprive Oh country of the services of his Royal Hightiess—services which had been long experienced, add which had so powerfully 'operated to secure the comforts, and even the affix tions of the army. The Learned. Gentleman con cluded with some.anecdotes which attested the firmness with which the Duke of York resolved to break oil' his tonneaion with Mrs. Clarke the tue went he found that his confidence had been abused in a mannettOcommit his honour and eudanger the dignity of his character. Lord•Fu KSTO N E briefly explained. • Mr. W. Smith thought, that tram the fasts .WhiCh had been proved, it would not be prudent to con tinue his Royal Highness in the command. of the army.. The CH A N cotLoß of the+ EActimutit would ,-willingly make saute observations on 'what had• fal len front the Hon. Gentlemen, but as they might lead him further than could well be allowed by the patience of the House at such an hour, he would defer them till another OCCaBIQII: The debate Was then further postponed till Monday, to ' which- day the House adjourned at half-past four o'cloCk. ' MAILS. ARR vs o—t Dublin, 2 Waterford. Dui-,1 Gottenburgh, Waqrtorti. vitiCli OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT Ti4itt.vg o'ccocK. Consols 4". • - G7 ft' T•TI : E S . U.N. 1101.1i>4 QUIII DlCh,tl rAIIUM AUDIAT LONDON, SATIAIDAY, MAUCH I I , 18U^. THOUGH the accounts given in the French Papers, which have arrived down to the Ist inst. of the sur render of Saragossa, ate not official, yet private let, ters seem to give strength to the report, and indeed it is rather a matter of surprize that the place should have held' out with such heroie intrepidity, amidst so many privations, so long, - than that it has of last b een o bli ge d to subait to it powerful Envoy. But no praiie can be too great for the Spaniardi, and the fall-if the place was marked by the , same heroism. which has charaderised the whole pro gress of its defence. Before the surrender, it is said, that mass was celebrated in' the most august 'NAVAL NEWS. PLIMOUTH, MARCH 9.—Arrived the French Schooner Charlemagne, captured by the . lialeigA Sloop of War, last from Falmouth ; and the Seisoir Transport, eapt. MATTHEWS, with 20 French pri soners on board from Gijon—she brings iutellige►Na that the Spaniards have recently obtained some ad-, vantages over the French. Arrived the Cadmus Sloop of War with a Fleet of Merchantmen and Transporta under convoy from Falmouth; and the King George Cutter with dis patches from off Rochefort. Sailed the Dotterel' Sloop of War with a Fleet of Vi6tuallers under convoy, laden with supplies for the Fleet off Rochefort. The_ Gibialta, of 80 guns; Tribune Frigate, Pheasant and lreazle Sloops of . War went out of harbour this morning. • PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 10.—Sailed His Majesty.; Ships Little Belt on a cruize ; also the Merope and Eclipse for the West Indies ; Mary and SusayoNh, CLARK, and Dale, HOWELL, for Jatnaicia ; Hope, FEATHERSTOSE, for Madeira ; Industry, Primo , for Barbadoes; Loyal Briton, HART, tor Nevis and the Festal, MATrizews, for Newfoundland. DEAL, Transport, from Portsmouth ; and 7 orloise Stow. MARcu to.—Arrived the Plymout h Naval ship, from Sheerness. Sailed -the Tortoise Store-ship, and Osprey Sloop of War, with the outward-bound under convoy, for Portsmouth. FALMoUTU, MARCH B —SMled his Brig Intelligent, on a eruize. The Nary and Jane, Capt. ArKINs, from London, for Dublin, was cap" tured off the Eddystone, about 4 o'clock, by a drench Lugger krivateer. The Astph k-iired Cutter is gone in pursuit of her. SHEERNESS, MARCH 10.--Arrived his MajeetYf Ship‘ Ardent from Leith, and' Roebuck from Noah Yarmouth. Caine down from Chatham his Majesty's Siq Nympknen, one of the Dihish Frigates. „ • e - - ANOTHER DUEL.—Yesterday morning a duel took place on Wimbledon Common, between the Honour-11)1e T. F-- ' and Lieutenant-Col. L-- --- ' opinion We understand that the V dispute originated in a ' f e re , n n c i g e hot)l, reiniltei i ( t c l i g ur t i l t l t e g , til debdebates on Wedn esl da) pia certain Illustrious Personage, The part ies met at twelve o'clock ; the former arrived ina pat” chaise and four, with his second, the Honon ntbl° Mr. 8 1 --4, a near conneEtion of his own; and the' i nnoce nce or culpab ilit y latter in thetarriage of his friend and second, Maj cl M'G—. • Two shots each were exchanged. At," second fire, the gallant Colonel received a 51 'xj' t wound in the shoulder, when the seconds buccess, fully interfered to prevent Any farther mischief, 84 an amicable explanation took place.: According to the infOrmatton vl a Gentleman iii sl arrived from ,Russia, it appears that the Frencl,t or e apprehensive ore war breaking out to the N" th ic ; ' and they have, in consequence, garrisoned P 3 ' )l2 t ,', with 1.5,u0tk. men, and have provisioned the L' u°r ,„ illern,elves for half a year with provisions. a year, with orders to the inhabitants to suPP,' Y French are fitting out a great man y Privateess et Dantaiia, p rov i s i o ns. Til° General PALAFMr in a Prop Lunation, dated Sa' ragossa• 4th, January, 1809, addmsett to the inha.- bitants of Madrid, sa ) s t-- . hr, " kmy fate Conti n u a ll y to. be 1100$ 1 l'-' e of cannon, &c. of th e tm e mv That t he city 0 Saragossa and its un c on quera bl e walls, are the r o ckg Qt.) which they shad split ; d e clares i , e and his braVe comrades may die, but that we will nev er surrender!. :t being their chief tk - kh to live in the memory .! posterity. MONCRY wrot e m e, having, .., m a dril ltad capitulated ;" b ut I dish t •lieved it, aud,exVes'ej my contempt for hiM a nd his armies, Three:r, 'their columns have been destroyed; whenever 1 tack, 1 conquer th ' etli• " Chter up, brave inhabitants of Madrid, su cess mu s t be purchased with blood." • • • Vi The foliowinc , Letter wA received from t 1, °' a • • r '• quis of IIyNTLY, a n d r e ad t o hi s Lo i cishiP 'shoregn, tuent (the 42d; or Royal Highlanders), a t - Otte B.oracks: OW s' floral)? Lodge, Feb. 12, of Nothing could have .bt-eii more honourable to ) 011 1, , 0 1 more ghttil)ing to me I ildo the confidence in the brgir" :;bl discipline of the 42d Regiment; an handsomely inf./ my worthy and mucti•lainentect friend, -M Q 0 R "0 tell gloriously at the head or your ReOlL ial • when animating the 'Army under his call' ! ", a i r t ht Spain. Accept of my warmest thanks for supportillg,"lfigli• memorable occasion, the high chary ter of the ROP", "evel the gallant !.• J' clit , Landers, whose gallantry and examplary behaviour - Scutchinan is proud to acknowledge and admire. *6 Believe me, Sir, on all occasions, " Your faithful and sincere Regt." " HUN TLEY, Col. 4 1 ' •" To Lieutenant-Colonel S'r iNo, the OtfiC er, ' - CollylliSSio44ll Officers and Soldiers of the 4 2 d 1".. Our brave and jolly Tars,' through dolls t he t• ports of the. ki ng d om , h ave formed 8 Vet) ? i t 2 " „t t)-) ;0 Mon,- that the present Unary first-rate ear"r•fic heaviest metal ev e r knowit—ox itness the kets, in addition to the several 20,000 PuUnder, me, &C. • In consequence of. this hi g h-loaded Sc t a. more orderi have already arrived in town 11. ventures, from Portsmouth, Gosport, &c. than w ere exper i ence d t o r m a n y yoga I°lll' Lotteries. Lately,at Cheltenhainif A l: R re fl de i fic p i:WkilleYl Es q . t° 4isl Buxton. S t ' On Wednesday last, Mr. Joseph Smeeton , Printer, of fvlartin's.lane, to Miss Eltz4 Forty; of Birmtoßhan i • i 10) (I, thi ThursdAy, the xcl inst. au tilt house at I, hit ' ~{l, Esq. Merrion-square, Dublin, Hriga.ticr-General lirerst„.. e i :n the l::d it e e r c o u t u - i t l l:: . /111.tre Distr.e.t, to Miss tvloO n ' t l ' - 1 - ter, youngest dAugnwr ut lotto Pester, Esq, s ot Aim , : f ,9 __.___.---./. . DIE Q. On the Bth of January last', by the rupture of sblqtgl• va i; set. a lie d 16 Mi • Sarah C Ifonly laugh , ter of t ' l , i bs ,ii Imre, _ . p i r late b othew Gailimore , Esq. of Jamaica, and o Ma. " --. net, of illamptord Speke, Devonshire On Wednesday inoinii,g, at her house in White' ,sl. $ l , 79, Mrs. Cornwall, relict of the !tight Hon. Cna .'-i I ' ' _ (l ,,.i . frau Cornw•ll, Speaker of the House of COMlllUiltit ' ,l ' a' to the late Earl of Liverpool. ..... 1 street. Giosvenor-squarci hUst be addresspd.